, 1887-06-16
ttrom Monday : Daily.

'F rom Monday DaIlV.1
heV- {. Il. Fowler, d. D., resident
bishop Of the Pacific coast, of the NJ. L.
Church, arrived in this city Saturday.
In the evening he was escorted to the
court house, where lie was met by num-
ber Of our representative business men.
HE band played inspiring music for the
OCCASION. The meeting was called 10
order aud Mayor D. W. Smith was elect
Cd chairman, and Allen Weir secretary.
The chairman briefly stated tie object
OF the meeting, referring to the presence
Oh our distinguished guest, and calling
for remarks upon The university oues-
ton. Allen Weir was fist called out.
and responded in few impromptu re
marks detailing :he circumstances and
results surrounding tins I.cal enterprise.
saying lie had written and zpoh,u
and published SO much upon this CUES
ton that people began to call Eim
university crank, bat be ratLar enjoyed
lie distinction; he believed Tie reople
were Il unit in their determination TO
make the bonus amply and abaudantly
good, no matter how much land might
be required, as for himself. if it took
half his time for the next five years, if
be could he instrumentalinp in planting such
an institution rs this promised to be. on
the shores Of Port Townsend bay, lie
would have monument enough Eev. j.
:. Deu!son responded to Il call, as con
ference agent, and stated the case brief
ly, calling attention to the fact that we
mad proceeded to do just what we had
been directed to do. and had a right TO
expect that Conference would do what
1t had CONTRACTED to perform. Rev. Ten
nant was called out and stated that he
came here last fail expecting to vote
against the Townsend proposition, but
had changed his mind and voted for it,
and he proposed 70 stand by it. and con-
ference would dishonor itself If it did
ANYTHING else. Hon c. NJ. Bradshaw was
called, and said that another location
had claimed that we should have raised
our bonus within ninety days. We claimed
That the ninety-day clause WAS not
part of the contract, or if il UrlS it was
not the essence oi the contract; that
We had raised the amount agreed upon,
and were entitled to performance of
the contract by the party of the first
part. All. j riummer said he was one
who had signed the guaranty TO cover
any possible deficiency, and was willing
10 be one who would subscribe still more
If it had to be done. Bishop Fowler was
invited to speak, and did so in a very
acceptable address. He would not have
located the institution here, but 1t was
now too late 20 change; there was moth.
ing left Iut to 20 ahead. There was
more than geography in the case; such a
University should be among It's friends
Port Townsend was the only place that
had thought enough Of this institution
to make Il bid for it; the people here had
surprised him by their zeal; they had
done enough to entitle them to success;
he didn't believe in a man marrying a
girl unless she wanted HIM. III other
points did not want TIE University
enough TO make an offer worth consider
ing, it would be folly TO crowd it upon
them. He compl;mented the people
highly upon what they had done. and
said it was difficult to overstate the ad-
vantage they were securing. This coun-
.ry was comparatively slow Of develop
meIt, but it was flied with vigorous
northern blood, and would he euterpris-
ing and prosperous. \ vote uf thanks
was rendered the Bishop for his presence
and encouraging remarks. This
morning he, with 1Icssrs. Denisuu
and Weir, visited the site of the
University; he was greatly pleased with
the site, and promised to go to work in
earnest on the endowment fund as soon
as the preliminaries had all been com
pleted here.